Drip catcher



P. CARLSON.

DRI-P CATCHER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.9. 1920.

Lm @9859, patented Mar. 289 w22.

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"Hll OF BUYER, NNESQTA, SSIGNOR OE ONE-FOURTH TO IRWIN@ JQ MGE, DF ST. PAUL, MINNESOT.

lllllll); Specication of Letters Patent.

nppncaan nee august e, 1ero.' serial To all whom t may concern: ,e

Be it known that l, Pn'rnn CAnLsoN, residing at Dover, in the county of Ulmsted and State of Minnesota, have invented cer-A 5 tain new and useful Improvements in Drip Catchers,.of which the following is a specication. y

'lhis invention relates to improvements in drip catchers provide a liquid container with pouring rmeans that will not drip and waste the liquid after each pouring operation. "YW 1| le 1t is adapted particularly for use as a Sy rup container it can be used for other li uids or semi-li uids. My

drip catcher can e made integra. with the container as in the case of syrup pitchers, or can be made separately and in standard s ses to lit glasses, mugs etc. that are made i 2o imsuch sizes. With the foregoing and otherl objects in View the invention consists in the ,corhbination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter full described, pointed out in aims and illustrated in the A the appended c A'25 accom an in drawi'n which forms a art P y g P of this speci ation and in which- Fig. 1 is a fragmenta sectional view of a liquid container embo ying my improved drip catcher. A

Fig. .2 is a top plan view of the same with the top open. v

-Like reference characters denote correspending partsin both views.

e reference numeral 1 denotes the body ont the container which may be formed with my improved drip catcher attachment or to which the same may be applied? VMy drip catcher comprises the neck'portion y2, annular in this instance, adapted to tit snugly of the container body 1.

The neck-portion 2, when used as an attachment for containers of standard size such as various drinking glasses, standard jars and the like, is made in standard sizes and preferably. of spring metal so that it can be forced Into close tting engagement with the body 1 The neck portion 2 is -ormed with a ange 3 which projects oYer the upw per edge or mouth of;r the container body l or to tlie neck portlon, the cover or top 4 is hinged. To the flange 3 l Vsecure the pouring spout 5by the pins 6, the lower edge of sald spout being secured vte or dtting closely agamst the portion for liquid containers and its` 10 object primarily is to Patented lll/lar,z i922., no. ioaaaa.

2 adistance substantially below the rim l3, said spout extending inwardly from its point of Contact with vsaid portion 2 and' then extending upwardly a substantial distance above the rim l-3 and terminating in the mouth portion 7, the body portion of the spout being spaced inwardly from theneck 2 to afford substantial clearance, or form a trough, for drippings from the mouth 7.-

ln vertical longitudinal center, of the mouth 7 of the spout a perforation 8 is formed in the spout which is of a size to snugly receive a swinging ball 9 supported by a link 10 from a hook 11 which is secured to the inner face of thel spout immediately above the perforation 8. When the container 1 is tipped or inclined by its handle 12 to cause the liquid contents to How out through the spout the swinging ball 9, through gravity, seats in the perforation 8 and prevents. the liquid, or any portion thereof, from passing out through the same. When the pouring operation is completed and the container disposed in upright position the -swinging ball is moved, again by gravity, out-*of the perforation 8 and suspended within the container. Such liquid as may drip from the spout over the outer surface of the same will ow into the trough formed between the spout and neck 2 and gravitate through the perforation 8 back into the container. This prevents the liquid from trickling'down the outside of the con-- tainer and being wasted or ving the same an unsanitary appearance. he top 4, when closed, completely obscures the spout 5 and rests upon the ange 3. rllhe spout is raised Y tainer, a spout carried by said neck and ris` ing from substantially the lower inner ed e of said neck-above the said flange, the b y portion of said spout with a erforation, a swinging ball normally suspended from the inner face of said spout and adapted when the container istilted forward to seat in the said perforation, and a top being spaced away from the said neck, said spout being formedv los hinged to said neck and adapted in closed v position to rest upon said flange completelywv covering said spout. Y

2. In combination with a. c0ntainer,` a neck fitting snugly into the mouth of the container, an external iange formed upon Isaid neck and extending over the upper edge of. the container, a spout rising from the lower edge of said neck and Aforming la trough therewith, said spout being formed with a perforation registering with said trough adjacentits lowest point, a gravity controlled closure for said perforation operative when the container is inclined in one direction, and a top` hinged to said neck and adapted in closed posltion to rest upon said flange.

In' testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER CARLSON. .Witnessesz E. E. RANK, THERON L. RANK. 

